Perplexity updated media controls, Claude Code added a VS Code extension, Cursor gained new app connections, and Claude launched a more intelligent model.
Perplexity
You can now choose if you want to see images, videos, or both when you search.
You can also turn off or change the types of media shown in your search results.
Smart media selection : Intelligently chooses between images, videos, or both based on query type
Claude Code
The app now uses a newer, smarter model called Claude Sonnet 4.5 by default.
You can now use Claude Code directly inside VS Code with a new extension.
The VS Code extension lets you see Claude's changes as they happen in a special side panel.
Cursor
You can now connect Cursor to over 30 new apps like Atlassian, GitLab, and monday.com.
This means Cursor can now read, write, and take actions in more of your other tools.
We've added more than 30 new plugins from partners such as Atlassian, Datadog, GitLab, Glean, Hugging Face, monday.com, and PlanetScale.
Claude
A new, more intelligent model called Claude Opus 4.5 is now available.
This new model is much better at everyday tasks like deep research.
You can now use Claude in new ways, including in Excel, Chrome, and on your desktop.
Grok
Grok is an AI assistant built by xAI.
Chat, create images, write code, and get real-time answers from the web and X.
Gemini
"How AI is helping improve heart health in rural Australia" discusses a new healthcare program.
Google's AI and local health groups are teaming up to improve rural Australians' heart health.
We’re partnering with leading Australian health organizations to bring new AI tools to regional communities.
ChatGPT
Review employee data: Review the email which contains the full name and address of the employee and save it for future use.
Coordinate with Finance: Verify that budget reallocations align with new team scopes.
AI agents are increasingly able to browse the web, retrieve information, and take actions on a user’s behalf.
DeepSeek
DeepSeek-V3.2: Official successor to V3.2-Exp. Now live on App, Web & API.
DeepSeek-V3.2-Speciale: Pushing the boundaries of reasoning capabilities. API-only for now.
Introduces a new massive agent training data synthesis method covering 1,800+ environments & 85k+ complex instructions.
OpenAI Codex
A deep dive into why Codex Security doesn’t rely on traditional SAST, instead using AI-driven constraint reasoning and validation to find real vulnerabilities with fewer false pos.
Why Codex Security Doesn’t Include a SAST Report